twin turbo idea

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:23 am

so, i was sitting around here in our engine lab at school and discovered a box FULL of garrett gt12 turbos. i talked to one of my professors about them and discovered that i can buy two of them for 100 bucks, brand new. i really want to play with the idea of a twin turbo lanos...

custom header... two cylinders to each turbo.. then to a collector. the garrett gt12's can handle something around 120-130 hp... i'm thinking two of them would handle the lanos (1.6) just fine...

and twins are just plain sexy

any input?

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:25 am

I would think you would run into a problem with space. Some people have problems fitting one turbo in, but 2 should be pretty tough.

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:28 am

well... i'm thinking if i remove the ac condenser anf push the radiator forward... as well as remove the fans... i could get away with it...

plus...

anyone who has seen a gt12 knows how incredibly tiny they are... i don't think space is that big of a concern with these itty bitty babies

04aveohb · Post by **04aveohb** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:46 am

lol, piping running everywhere. I dont know much about daewoo's though, I have an Aveo..

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:51 am

thats not to bad of an idea.. i could see how you could mount them perfectly..

have the exhaust of both turbo pointing towrds the middle into one collector and the charge pipes coming off the side

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:41 am

It'd look really cool and probably sound good but if yoru looking for performance im sure could do something better with twin turbo

woo · Post by **woo** » Sun May 15, 2005 12:11 pm

people have put turbos at the rear of the car before, it works, but not that well

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:55 pm

woo wrote:people have put turbos at the rear of the car before, it works, but not that well

Yea i have a magazine that shows it. It actually works really well. They put the turbo right about where the muffler is... right behind the back axel

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:58 pm

How would that work well? Just dont see how... Then you would have to run the pipes all the way up to the engine, and the pressure would be smaller... not sure though.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:02 pm

AcingTeam wrote:How would that work well? Just dont see how... Then you would have to run the pipes all the way up to the engine, and the pressure would be smaller... not sure though.

I'll dig up the magazine at some point... right now my gfs over rolling her eyes at me cuz im talking about my car

money · Post by **money** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:20 pm

AcingTeam wrote:How would that work well? Just dont see how... Then you would have to run the pipes all the way up to the engine, and the pressure would be smaller... not sure though.

These guys manufacture them in Utah. I doubt they have a Woo design, but it'll give you an idea of what they are capable of.

http://www.ststurbo.com

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:34 pm

ok... so i did some measuring... and the gt12's will fit in the space between the exhaust manifold and the fans, if i remove the wastegate and attach a 3rd party one. i dunno if you all realize how tiny these are... they are meant for 600-900cc motors (motorcycles). the hardest part about this little endeavor is going to be making the header that doesn't come to a single collection point, but rather two. i think i can do it though...

python235 · Post by **python235** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:34 pm

so ur changeing NOTHING on the engine?! just puttin both turbos??
and could u scetch a diagram on how u are going to pipe them and add details to the pic from exhaust to intake

thanx ! and by the way, waiting to see if it works good SO GET STARTED!

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:50 pm

money wrote:
AcingTeam wrote:How would that work well? Just dont see how... Then you would have to run the pipes all the way up to the engine, and the pressure would be smaller... not sure though.
These guys manufacture them in Utah. I doubt they have a Woo design, but it'll give you an idea of what they are capable of.

http://www.ststurbo.com

Hmmm... so you don't even need an intercooler? There are a few draw backs though...
1. Easy to steal a turbo
2. Filter probably gets dirty very quickly
3. lots of piping under the car.

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:19 pm

they did it to a camaro and got like 150 hp out of 5psi